Chapter 959 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

She had told him a lot more than she planned to, and seeing the apology and sympathy in his eyes, she felt slightly embarrassed.

“I’m sorry you went through all of that,” Harry said softly as he released his hand which had been balled in a fist the whole time she was talking.

Mia laughed humorlessly, “I am too. I am sorry I endured all of that because I was too scared to walk away. I’m just trying to live a normal life now, Harry. Is that too much to ask? All I want is a life that isn’t controlled by my family or him. I’d rather they keep believing I’m dead. I can’t let them find me. I can’t go back to that life, Harry. I can’t. I’d rather die,” Mia said as she swiped at the tears in her eyes.

“Now that you know this, if have a problem with me working with Bryan, say so and I will disappear,” Mia said and Harry shook his head.

“I won’t do anything. Your secret is safe with me,” Harry promised, and Mia looked at him for a moment before rising from her seat.

“Thank you,” she said and walked out of the office.

Harry sighed as he watched her leave. That wasn’t what he had been expecting.

Although her long awaited interview with Eric Howell was just twenty four hours away, Rebekah couldn’t feel much excitement over it because she was troubled.

For the first time in a very long time she had dark circles under her eyes and she looked pale and drawn because she had not been able to sleep.

This weekend had to have been the longest in her life, and even right now as she sat in her car on her way to see Mr Bateman, she was anxious.

Everything was a mess. She was worrying about a lot of things that she couldn’t seem to control.

She was not only worried about Anita who had decided to cut off the family, she was worried over the inability of the guys she had sent to find her brother, Wyatt.

Initially she had only wanted to find him and get him locked away in a psychiatric away from everyone else, but now she wanted to get rid of him. After what he told Anita, she knew he was a risk she couldn’t afford. Wyatt had become a liability and whether or not he was her brother it was time for him to disappear. But first she needed them to find him.

Another thing that bothered her was Jade Delgado. She wasn’t sure what to do, whether to continue to wait for Jade to make a move and call her or to do something again.

Did Jade really have evidence or was she just bluffing? If she had evidence why wait this long to request for her arrest? What was Jade up to? How did she even get her hands on that long list and forgotten phone? How much information was in it? Or perhaps she was mistaken and the phone with Jade that day was not her lost phone?

She kept worrying that the police might show up with her hitman in any moment to arrest her. If they had her hitman then it was over for her, because he knew about every single dirty thing she had ever done.

She needed to speak with Bateman and let him know that there was trouble and maybe he would join heads with her to come up with a way to take care of Jade whether or not she was his son’s lawyer.

He could always find another capable lawyer for his son. One that wouldn’t dig so deep as Jade to cause any problems for them.

She frowned when her phone started ringing and she picked it up to see that it was her cousin, Rachel’s mom.

What did she want? Rebekah mused impatiently as she received the call and placed it on speaker.

“Rebekah, have you seen the news?” Rachel’s mother asked anxiously making Rebekah’s heart skip a beat.

“What news? Am I on the news?” Rebekah asked in alarm as she found a spot to park the car so she could pay attention.

“No, it’s Wilson. We are ruined, Rebekah! Everything we have worked so hard to build is about to crash! His political….”

“Stop! Stop it, okay? What makes you think I am interested in any of this?” Rebekah cut in angrily, pissed that her cousin was adding to her stress.

Rachel’s mom broke into a sob, “You’re the only one I can talk to, Rebekah. Everyone else is avoiding us. The ladies at my club wouldn’t even talk to me. Everyone has been whispering about us since the rumors about Wilson’s elder brother’s death surfaced. We can’t even go out because there are reporters everywhere,” she cried and Rebekah rolled her eyes.

“I have my own problems, Emilia! You don’t see me calling you to weep, do you? If you have a problem, fix it! Instead of bothering other people about them…”

“Please don’t hang up, Rebekah! I really need your help. Wilson thinks that Benedict Delgado might be behind this. Rachel said…”

“Benedict Delgado?” Rebekah asked with a puzzled frown, wondering what Benedict Delgado had to do with her cousin’s family.

“Yes. Rachel said Anita is sort of connected to him and his girlfriend. I have been trying to reach Anita all to no avail. Can you help me? Maybe she can speak to him on our behalf and make all of this go away,” Rachel’s mom pleaded desperately.

“Why would Benedict Delgado do anything to your husband? Why do you think he is behind it and not your husband’s political opponents?” Rebekah asked in confusion.

“Did Anita not tell you that Rachel’s ex fiancé is Benedict’s girlfriend’s twin brother? After he called things off, Rachel went berserk and got his parents arrested. Benne called my husband and threatened to ruin his political ambition. He also mentioned the demise of Wilson’s brother in his threats (

If he could attack Wilson Peterson merely because Rachel got his girlfriend’s parents arrested, then that must mean he was targeting her too, right?

Benedict Delgado must have listened to Anita’s confession, and must be aware that she had plotted against his girlfriend.

Now it was begining to make sense. Was it possible that Jade Delgado had taken up Jack’s case because of her? Just so she could get close to their family?

Even if Benedict Delgado had not sent his sister from the beginning for plotting against Celsie, Rebekah had no doubt now that he would be coming after her now for attempting to hurt Jade. What had she gotten herself involved in?

“Rebekah are you still there?” Rachel’s mom called when she had been quiet for some time.

“Emilia I don’t think I can…”

“You have to help me, Rebekah! Remember that it was all your idea! You made me make Wilson do all of that. You can’t abandon me now…”

“I made you? You realize now that I made you do all of that and become who you are today, yet all this while you’ve been acting like you were bigger than I am? Deal with your mess yourself. If I were you, I’d find the girl to see if she is still alive before anyone else gets to her. I have no doubt that Benedict Delgado might be on it already if truly he is the one behind this,” Rebekah said before hanging up.

Even though she partially believed that it was possible that Benedict Delgado was not coming for her, another part of her didn’t believe much in coincidences.

What was their plan? Were they after her or was it her and her daughters? Thinking about how Tiffany and Anita had clashed with Jade and Evelyn at the spa, Rebekah couldn’t even begin to imagine how Tiffany could be so stupid as to let Jade come close to her.

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